Wednesday, March 2, 2016

I'm Now In Debt Bcos I Contested for Governor – Jimi Agbaje

The PDP governorship candidate in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje, says the
last general election turned him into a debtor. Agbaje, who addressed
party members at the PDP’s secretariat in Lagos on Tuesday, insisted
that he won the governorship election.

The programme was organised ahead of the party’s forthcoming congresses and national convention.

The PDP governorship candidate, who spoke in pidgin English, said:

“Some members were annoyed because the monies meant for the elections
were not given to them to prosecute the last polls. I am angry too
because the PDP won the last election in the state but was denied
victory. I finish election, na gbese, I carry for head.”
He said despite the loss of the party in the last general elections,
members of the party should shun bitterness and work to rebuild the
party.

In his remarks, a former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, Chief Bode
George, attributed the defeat of the party in the general elections to
ex-Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro.

The PDP chieftain, who lamented that indiscipline had been a major
problem of the party, said the party would not tolerate factions under
any guise because they were dividing the party.

George said, “Our victory was scuttled by evil characters who preferred
the narrow position of the ministerial office than the collective esteem
and honour of winning the governorship election in Lagos State.

“We were defeated by the agent provocateurs within our ranks. We were
defeated by political renegades who merely invested in their own greedy
and selfish interests. This cannot continue."